your unreasonable/unexplainable respect on ayu
 

Dou you have those feelings?

I mean....for some reasons.sometimes..I think that ayu IS EVERYTHING for me..or even worse....she's THE BEST IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD.
When I think of other singers which I'm startin to love (always J-POP now).
I'll eventually back to my BASE again and have the thought "ayu is still far more superior" or else. I'm not maniac but.just have this kind of unreasonable n unexplainable HUGE & BIG RESPECT for a singer like AYUMI HAMASAKI

Wow. I actually understood 100% of one of your posts.

Yeah, sometimes, I have those feelings.

when she eventually retires i'd probably 'retire' from the jpop scene too...

I don't think I'll retire, but I sure wont' keep myself as updated as I am now. She's the only artist constantly worth following.

i didn't like Ayu at first or understood why other people did. I read that one Time magazine interview with her, i saw why she felt about things the way she did, but never agreed with her perspective...she seemed pessimistic.
But now i admire her for what she has accomplished and realizes that she took full of her potential...i also enjoy her music a lot.

Sometimes I think she's the only can make me smile, only listening to "Replace" (also make me cry! >0<). Yes... Ayu is very special for me. A very important member on my life. I respect her and admire her. She's a very nice person.

I like her but I think there are more important things in life than crazily worshipping a celebrity. I'm a realist so although I really do love Ayumi, I'm also able to see and accept she has faults and/or traits that aren't perfect. Same goes for everyone else. There are two sides to every coin so I try not to live in absolutes.

That's also true. I think some people thinks Ayu is not human! Hey, Ayu of course is human, she can triumph, but also she can fail.

I admire Ayu's success and her will to go on. But if she retire, life goes on for me.

I admire Ayu a lot. She's one of the few persons I look up to. I will never ever replace her with any other artist simply because.. she's special. I do however admire other people too at a similar level just not musically.

well me liking Ayu alot is kinda unexplainable for me, because once i told everyone that i will taking a break from Ayu for a week and be open to any sort of good music, but the next day i just got so bored and started to listen to Ayu again, no artists has ever kept me interested like Ayu~

mee too~ some people say i listen to Japanese music, but later when i think about it, Ayumi is the only Japanese artist i listen to, actually Ayu is kind athe only artist i listen to...

She´s not the best in my world but I can say that she´s one of them =)=)
I too have those unexplainable feelings for her and it feels really warm when I try to think out what kind of feelings it is but I always end up not getting any answer :P

There's no such thing as an "unexplainable" respect I think, I believe that she has to have done something to gain your respect even though you may not remember or recall what that was.

I think that her writing her own lyrics and being able to express herself in such a way is a great thing and it's completely respectworthy.

honestly.. she is my one and only idol.. i dont even listen to K-pop or Mando-pop or english pop.. i ONLY listen to ayu's song...

Because she's so adorable! :smitten

Ayumi makes great music, and music is all that matters to me when listening to an artist.

I feel the same way. For me Ayu isn't the most talented singer in the world. She doesn't have an awesome voice. I don't like every song she makes. BUT I've been a fan of her for 5 years and she's still my absolute fav. J-artist. I can't explain this feeling but there's something about her that makes me just ADORE her.

exactly!
I've never been obsessed with a celebrity this much, her awesome look, lyrics and packaging just make her too unique to be replaced. No, i dare say no artist in Japan or Asia could ever replaced her

i love ayumi, i respect ayumi, she's by far my favorite artist...but no, i don't think she is the best in the world or anything.

Ayu is a part of my life :yes
I respect her for not being afraid of being 100% true when it comes to lyrics. She is like any other person - she makes mistakes and some people don't think she does. She's like any one of us - human.